St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-26
A REAL LIVE DUKE.
His Grace, Duke Of Marlborough, Makes
st. Paul Visit.
INSPECTING CABLE LINES.
He is Thinking Of Introducing the
Cable Railways into En-
glish Cities.

Promenading the rotunda eff the Ryan
yesterday afternoon was compaetly
built, tall gentleman incased in closely
buttoned seal brown Newmarket that
came to his heels, while upon his head
was perched small black Derby hat.
In his right hand the pedestrian bal
anced small black hawthorn cane,
and pulled vigorously at a cigarette in
a long meerschaum holder. 1t was not
long before the loungers discovered that
the Newmarket covered the
person of the Duke of MARI
borough, and from that time
until he disappeared UP stairs in his
parlOr, the newcomer was the scynOSure
of all eyes. Men stared at him as
though he was freak from some dime
museum, and any new arrival was
pretty apt to be informed of the identity
of his grace. Finally, firing of his eXer-
else, the duke sank into one of the
leather upholstered chairs that abound
in the rotunda and when the representa-
tive Of the GLOBE made his appearance,
he was cordially invited to sit down.
1t was aScertained upon closer inSpec-
ton that the age of the duke was about
forty years, and his kindly gray eyes
looked out from under very heavy, dark
eyebrows. His well-preserved teeth
were partly obscured by closely
trimmed brown muStache. On the third
finger of the left hand all exquisite
sapphire was observable. while upon the
little finger was splendid cats -eye
that the variest tyro in jewelry would
designate rare one. In pleasant
tone of voice, and with the slightest
trace of his English origin in his ac-
cent, the duke stated that his primary
object in coming West at this time was
to accompany his friend, q. Creighton
Webb, of New York, who was inter-
ested in
THE CABLE ENTERPRISE
in this section. I'VE have nothing of
the sort in England" said the duke.
''and | have been paying great deal of
attention to the matter with view,Jto
the view to the ultimate adoption in
some of our large cities as successor of
the street cars. 1t is now about twelve
years since [ visited this part of the
United States and | am aStoniShed at
the wonderful development shown ION
every side, but must not forget that
this is a wonderful country, for nothing
about it surprises me now" IN
AFTER | have partly exhausted the
beauties of st. Paul-for itswould take
much more time than l can afford now
TO 40 thorough JuStlce:to Its many at
tractive featureS-I shall go to Omaha
for a few days and thence back to Chi.
cago and the East. / will not take in
Frisco with the.opresent journey. [
have been there and it is not very
pleasant season of the year for long
journey across the continent but may 90
out to the coast again ere return home.
have great desire to inspect such
railway centers as Sc. Paul and
Omaha, which are vast arteries of the
most extensive system of railways that
have ever heard of, let alone seen, and
my time will be partly we'll occupied i'll
this task
During the afternoon the duke spent
several hours at
THE BOILER ROOM
and motive end of the cable with Col
Dudley and MI. Webb, and betrayed a
great deal of interest in what he termed
the new tramway. He impresseS those
with whom he cOnverseS as genial,
whOle-s0uled man of the world, and is a
most entertaining talker upon any sub
ject in which he is interested, but to
quote his own language he detests a
boor, and will not take any notice of
him, no matter in what guise he may
present himself.